October 1
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The Feast of the Trumpets Began.
This was a season of the year when the Jews were not allowed to do any work. They gave an offering to God. In reality, this was the thanksgiving day or the thanksgiving season of the Jewish people. So today, let us pause to thank God for His goodness and make this, in some respects, a thanksgiving day.
1004 B.C. - The Ark was Brought into the Temple.
When the Ark was brought into the temple, the Glory of God came in. This is found in I Kings 8:1-11. The Ark of the Covenant was that little piece of furniture that had originally been placed in the tabernacle. In fact, it was the only piece of furniture that was brought from the tabernacle into the temple, and when it came in, the glory of God filled the House of God. Let us pray for God's glory to fill our churches.
596 B.C. - Hananiah Died.
Jeremiah 28:17
Hananiah was told at the first of the year these words, "...this year thou shalt die..." (Jeremiah 28:16). So he died that year. Many people will die this year. Some people, no doubt, reading this today will die this year. Let us live every day and every year as if it were our last day and year, "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:16)
536 B.C. - The Altar was Set Up.
Ezra 3:6
The altar was set up, and burnt offerings began.
445 B.C. - The Great Revival under Ezra was Begun.
Nehemiah 8:2
Probably there is no greater revival found in the Word of God. The people of God had been away in bondage. They had come back from Babylonian captivity and rebuilt the House of God as well as the city and the walls around the city. Now they come to a time of revival. Ezra got a pulpit of wood and read the Word of God from morning till mid-day and the people shouted, "Amen, Amen." They confessed their sins and wept before the Lord, and revival came. Let us pray for revival to come to your church and mine and to our nation in these needy days.
1890 - Yosemite National Park Established.
On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along with countless "Don't Feed the Bears" signs.
Native Americans were the main residents of the Yosemite Valley, located in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, until the 1849 gold rush brought thousands of non-Indian miners and settlers to the region. Tourists and damage to Yosemite Valley's ecosystem followed. In 1864, to ward off further commercial exploitation, conservationists convinced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias a public trust of California. This marked the first time the U.S. government protected land for public enjoyment and it laid the foundation for the establishment of the national and state park systems. Yellowstone became America's first national park in 1872.
In 1889, John Muir discovered that the vast meadows surrounding Yosemite Valley, which lacked government protection, were being overrun and destroyed by domestic sheep grazing. Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson, a fellow environmentalist and influential magazine editor, lobbied for national park status for the large wilderness area around Yosemite Valley. On October 1 of the following year, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land (about the size of Rhode Island) for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.
Yosemite's natural beauty is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape photographs of Ansel Adams (1902-1984), who at one point lived in the park and spent years photographing it. Today, over 3 million people get back to nature annually at Yosemite and check out such stunning landmarks as the 2,425-foot-high Yosemite Falls, one of the world's tallest waterfalls; rock formations Half Dome and El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the U.S.; and the three groves of giant sequoias, the world's biggest trees. (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established)
This was a season of the year when the Jews were not allowed to do any work. They gave an offering to God. In reality, this was the thanksgiving day or the thanksgiving season of the Jewish people. So today, let us pause to thank God for His goodness and make this, in some respects, a thanksgiving day.
1004 B.C. - The Ark was Brought into the Temple.
When the Ark was brought into the temple, the Glory of God came in. This is found in I Kings 8:1-11. The Ark of the Covenant was that little piece of furniture that had originally been placed in the tabernacle. In fact, it was the only piece of furniture that was brought from the tabernacle into the temple, and when it came in, the glory of God filled the House of God. Let us pray for God's glory to fill our churches.
596 B.C. - Hananiah Died.
Jeremiah 28:17
Hananiah was told at the first of the year these words, "...this year thou shalt die..." (Jeremiah 28:16). So he died that year. Many people will die this year. Some people, no doubt, reading this today will die this year. Let us live every day and every year as if it were our last day and year, "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:16)
536 B.C. - The Altar was Set Up.
Ezra 3:6
The altar was set up, and burnt offerings began.
445 B.C. - The Great Revival under Ezra was Begun.
Nehemiah 8:2
Probably there is no greater revival found in the Word of God. The people of God had been away in bondage. They had come back from Babylonian captivity and rebuilt the House of God as well as the city and the walls around the city. Now they come to a time of revival. Ezra got a pulpit of wood and read the Word of God from morning till mid-day and the people shouted, "Amen, Amen." They confessed their sins and wept before the Lord, and revival came. Let us pray for revival to come to your church and mine and to our nation in these needy days.
1890 - Yosemite National Park Established.
On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along with countless "Don't Feed the Bears" signs.
Native Americans were the main residents of the Yosemite Valley, located in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, until the 1849 gold rush brought thousands of non-Indian miners and settlers to the region. Tourists and damage to Yosemite Valley's ecosystem followed. In 1864, to ward off further commercial exploitation, conservationists convinced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias a public trust of California. This marked the first time the U.S. government protected land for public enjoyment and it laid the foundation for the establishment of the national and state park systems. Yellowstone became America's first national park in 1872.
In 1889, John Muir discovered that the vast meadows surrounding Yosemite Valley, which lacked government protection, were being overrun and destroyed by domestic sheep grazing. Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson, a fellow environmentalist and influential magazine editor, lobbied for national park status for the large wilderness area around Yosemite Valley. On October 1 of the following year, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land (about the size of Rhode Island) for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.
Yosemite's natural beauty is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape photographs of Ansel Adams (1902-1984), who at one point lived in the park and spent years photographing it. Today, over 3 million people get back to nature annually at Yosemite and check out such stunning landmarks as the 2,425-foot-high Yosemite Falls, one of the world's tallest waterfalls; rock formations Half Dome and El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the U.S.; and the three groves of giant sequoias, the world's biggest trees. (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established)